A meeting of the contact group on the peaceful settlement of the situation in east Ukraine will begin in Minsk at 14.00 Kyiv time.

An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that the meeting would be held behind closed doors and without the participation of the press at Dipservice-Hall, which used to be the residence of the Belarusian president.

"Media representatives are allowed to work only on the perimeter and film the arrival of delegations. Statements to the media have not preliminarily been planned," the organizers said.